Tokyo, August 21, 2025 – NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) announced technology that utilizes AI to enable autonomous control of robot movement in complex environments with obstacles. NEC said its in-house demonstrations of this technology have confirmed that a robot’s travel time can be reduced by up to 50 percent compared to conventional methods. This […]
FedEx Deploys Hellebrekers Robotic Sorting Arm in Germany
June 13, 2025 by
Frankfurt a. M., June 13, 2025 — Federal Express said it has introduced an AI-powered sorting robot at its air network location in Cologne, Germany, the first of its kind in the European FedEx network. The Cologne air network location is the largest of seven FedEx air network facilities in Germany, employing over 900 team […]
Rice Univ. Prof. Lydia Kavraki Elected to National Academy of Engineering for Research in Biomedical Robotics
February 13, 2025 by
Rice University computer scientist Lydia Kavraki has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), one of the highest professional honors accorded to an engineer, for her work on “developing randomized motion-planning algorithms for robotics and robotics-inspired methods in biomedicine.” Kavraki is Rice’s Kenneth and Audrey Kennedy Professor of Computing, and a professor of computer science, […]
Rice Univ. Prof. Lydia Kavraki Elected to National Academy of Engineering for Research in Biomedical Robotics
February 13, 2025 by
Rice University computer scientist Lydia Kavraki has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), one of the highest professional honors accorded to an engineer, for her work on “developing randomized motion-planning algorithms for robotics and robotics-inspired methods in biomedicine.” Kavraki is Rice’s Kenneth and Audrey Kennedy Professor of Computing, and a professor of computer science, […]
DCS Corporation Names Brian Wood Vice President of Robotic Systems Division
March 7, 2024 by
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 7, 2024 — DCS Corporation is pleased to announce the appointment of Brian Wood to vice president and division manager of the Robotic Systems Division. Wood brings 24 years of experience in software development, network communications, graphical user interfaces, streaming video, systems engineering and program management. Since joining DCS in 1999, he […]
AI Robotics Startup Attracting $675M from Nvidia, OpenAI, Microsoft, Bezos
March 1, 2024 by
Start up robotics company Figure, founded in 2022 and based in Sunnyvale, CA, is in the process of attracting $675 million in venture funding from the likes of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Microsoft, Intel, Samsung, OpenAI and Nvidia, along with a slew….
Cogniteam’s Nimbus Unifies Robot and Facility Sensor Integrations, Says Development Time Cut 60%
February 15, 2023 by
Feb. 15, 2023 — Cogniteam, creator of the Nimbus platform used to develop and perform remote updates, has announced a capability to develop and manage the robot, along with its IoT environment in one platform. Cogniteam said this means a 60 percent faster time to prototype and more reliable Internet of Robotic Things (IoRT) devices, […]
Cogniteam: In-Browser Simulation Drops Robot Simulation Costs
December 5, 2022 by
Dec. 5, 2022 — Cogniteam, creator of the Nimbus Robotic operating system designed to unify development, cloud connectivity and deployment capabilities, announced it had added in-browser simulation capabilities that allows remote teams to reduce development costs by 80 percent by eliminating the need for an in-house simulation maintenance team, expensive equipment, or cloud computing GPU […]
ZettaScale Technology to Show Zenoh and Cyclone DDS Protocols at ROSCon 2022
October 13, 2022 by
PARIS, Oct. 13, 2022 — Paris-based ZettaScale Technology will demonstrate its two protocols at ROSCon 2022. The company will showcase Zenoh, which the company said unifies data in motion, data at rest and computations from embedded microcontrollers up to the data center. It will also demonstrate Cyclone DDS, an OMG DDS implementation that combines DDS […]
Cogniteam Integrates Robotics AI Capabilities with NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin Edge Platform
September 6, 2022 by
Sept. 6, 2022 — Cogniteam, a robotics company and creator of the Nimbus low-code robot development operating system, has integrated the NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin platform into its robot software packets. A preferred member of the NVIDIA Partner Network, Cogniteam had early access to the AGX Orin developer kit, which allowed the company to prepare […]
